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Ansel Adams Photographer

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Feb 20, 1902
  • Died: Apr 22, 1984

Ansel Easton Adams was an American photographer and environmentalist. His black-and-white landscape photographs of the American West, especially Yosemite National Park, have been widely reproduced on calendars, posters, and books.

With Fred Archer, Adams developed the Zone System as a way to determine proper exposure and adjust the contrast of the final print. The resulting clarity and depth characterized his photographs. Adams primarily used large-format cameras because their high resolution helped ensure sharpness in his images.

Adams founded the photography Group f/64 along with fellow photographers Willard Van Dyke and Edward Weston.

There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept. art

Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships. God

It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment. environmental & government

Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art. art & communication

Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs. art

Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space. nature

There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs. good

Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world. truth

A good photograph is knowing where to stand. good

Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter. God

You don't take a photograph, you make it. art

A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed. great

In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration. experience, time & wisdom

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